
Bella in Her Pluto T-Shirt
A deeply intimate etching by Lucian Freud, this work depicts his daughter Bella wearing a casual Pluto T-shirt, rendered with the unflinching psychological intensity characteristic of the artist's portraiture. Freud's mastery of the etching medium is evident in the rich, layered mark-making that captures both the sitter's physical presence and inner life. This third and final state, printed on luxurious Somerset Satin paper, represents the culmination of Freud's reworking of the composition, most notably his decision to redraw the head entirely from two earlier unpublished trial states.
- Medium
- Etching, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins, the third (final) state (there were two unpublished trial states before the head was re-drawn),
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Evening & Day Editions
June 11, 2015
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